Wagon



J. A. RUTH.

(No Model.)

WAGON.

No. 887,818. 1388811888 Aug. 14; 1888.

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JOHN A. RUTH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYJAND.

VVAGON.

FJ'PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,816, dated August 11%, 188.

Application filefl February F, 1888. Serial No.83,3-i0. (Nu model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN A. RUTII, of the city of Baltin1ore,in the State of illarylanchhave invented certain lmprovenients in Vagonsof which the following is a spccification.

The object of this invention is to cheapen, lighten, and simplify the construction of a wagon or truck, as will hercinafter fully appear.

ln the description of the said invention which follows .referenee is made to the aceompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in whieh- Figure I is a centrallongitudinal section of a wagon constructed in aceordanee with my im7 provcments, and Fig. li an exterior front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in both the views.

ln the said drawings A is the body of the Wagon, and B represents the earrying-bloeks seeured to the body iu the usual manner.

C is the front spring, attached to the under side of the front earryingblock hy means of the staples u.

Dl is the front head-block, fastened to the lower portion of the spring O by means of the staples Z) and the plate c. To the under side ofthe headhlock D is attached the upper hal f, c, of the fifth-wheel E, through the medium of the strapliolts d and the curved bar e'. The under half of the fifth-wheel is denotcd byf, and it is held to the front aXle,F, by the strap g.

G is a downwardly-eurved har extending diametrieally across the lower half/i, of the Vfifth-wheel lil, to which it is bolted.

His a standard having a foot, h, at its up per end, belted to the under side of the body A, and extending downward loosely through a plate, i, secured over the lower part of the spring C; thenee through the plate c,whieh is provided with an offset to receive it, through a similar plate, j, on the axle F, and finally through the har G, under which part it is provided with a unt and washer to limit it in its npward motion. By this construction the aXle,

fifth-wheel, head-block, and the lower section of the spring are snsceptible of an upward movement on the standard; or,rather,a downward motion of the wagonbody is allowech in which the standard H moves downward through the plates ai, c, and j and the har G,

the spring being eompressed in the operation. The standard H also forms what might be termed a king-bola about which the axle and the under member of the fifthwheel may swing as the Wagon is turned from a straight line of motion. The standard is stiffened by means of the brace I.l which is welded at its lower end thereto, and at the upper end fitted with a foot, it, which is bolted to the Wagonbody A. I do not, however, restrict myself to the use of a single brace 'for the standard H, as two or more may be employerhif desired.

The front Wagon-wheels are denoted by J.

K is the pole-supporter, and it consists of two annular plates, Z and, m, the lower one, m, being attached to the head block D by means of radial arms a, and the upper one, Z, to the lower plate through the medium of the fingers o, as shown in Fig. L

L is a pole-socket having` an eye at its rear end,which fits over a hook, p, projecting from the edge of the annular plate Z. This socket is attached to the cross-tree 11, the ends of which are supported from the axle by the braces M, pivoted to the axle in such nianner that when the socket is detached from the pelesnpporter the cross-tree falls to the ground and answers the purpose of a brake or check when the Wagon is stauding without a horse on the side of a hill, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

Referring now to the rear end of the Wagon, N is the axle carrying the hind wheels, 0', and P represents the rear Springs seeured to the head-hlocks B. The means for uniting` the rear axle to the Springs consist of the hlocls Q, the staplcs s, and the plates zf.

The rear standarde are represented by R, and they ha ve the hraces a, which unite their lower ends to the body of the Wagon. As in the ease of the front standards, two or more braces may he employed instead of the single one shown.

By referring to Fig. it Will he seen that the plates t have projeetions o, through which the standards pass loosely, and these plates form the means of conneeting the amo directly with the standarde.

It will be seen that with my inventionhs described, I am enabled to dispense with the usual platforms and the perch-pole in either-a IOO Wagon orltruclgwhch has the effect of simpl- 2. In a Wagon or truck, the combination, fying, lightening, and cheapening the structwith a polcsupporter which consists of a movure. able and a fixed plate and a polo-socket, of a I clam as myinvention- 1 cross-tree attached to the said socket and at r 5 5 1. In a Wagon! or truck, a polc-supporter nits ends supported from the axle by means of dependent of the fifth-Whechwheh consists ofpivoted braces, substantally as and for the a fixed and a movable anm1larp1ate,thc lower purpose specificd.

fixed one beingsccured to the head-b1ock,and JOHN A. BUTE. the upper movable one provided With a socket Witnesses:

Io for the pole, substantially as and. for the pm'- VM. T. HOWARD, pose specified. DANL. FISHER. 

